Author Webcasts for A Day of Welcome
Bookings now available for exclusive webcasts featuring authors Michael Rosen and Miriam Halahmy.
We are delighted to invite schools to join us for two exciting author events for Key Stage 2 this summer. Inspired by stories of migration and displacement, these webcasts are free to all schools as part of A Day of Welcome on Friday 17th June 2022.
Both events will be supplemented by teaching resources and activities for pupils at both primary and secondary level.
Michael Rosen
Year 5/6
Fri 17 June, 9:30-10:30am
Much-loved children’s author and poet, Michael Rosen, will be joining us to share his personal connections and reflections on the topics of migration and displacement. We look forward to him performing some of the poems for his collection On the Move and responding to the children’s questions.
Miriam Halahmy
Year 3/4
Friday 17 June, 2:00-3:00pm
Author of Emergency Zoo, Miriam Halahmy, will be leading a poetry workshop and talking about her new book Saving Hanno - a tale of friendship inspired by the Kindertransport (the operation to evacuate Jewish children from Nazi-controlled areas that took place during WWII).
About the Authors
Michael Rosen is one of Britain’s best loved writer and performance poets for children and adults. He has published around 200 books for children and adults and is also a popular radio broadcaster. His charming, shocking and heart-breaking anthology of poems, On the Move, focuses on migration and displacement and is illustrated by Sir Quentin Blake. www.michaelrosen.co.uk
Miriam Halahmy writes books for children, teens and adults. She has been nominated twice for the Carnegie Medal and has been published in America and around the world. Her novel The Emergency Zoo is being made into a TV series and her novel Saving Hanno was awarded the first PJ Ourway Author Incentive Award. Miriam's YA novel, Hidden, was adapted for the stage and toured in 2018. www.miriamhalahmy.com
Organised in collaboration with…
VNET Education CIC supports schools, academies and MATs across East Anglia and beyond, through its vibrant network. VNET facilitates CPD, training, consultancy, events, conferences, research and longitudinal projects across the community to support education professionals, for the benefit of children and young people.
Young Norfolk Arts Trust provides opportunities for children and young people to create and engage with creativity and culture across Norfolk. The Trust hold the Young Norfolk Arts Festival (YNAF) – a celebration of creativity and performance by and for young people in Norfolk every year. Working closely with schools and cultural organisations, they provide creative opportunities and inspiration throughout the academic year. The Trust also runs the YNA Collective (YNAC), a volunteer group of 16-25 year olds with an interest in the arts and creative industries.
Anglia Ruskin University – Over the past five years, Norfolk Schools of Sanctuary have worked closely with Anglia Ruskin University to develop A Day of Welcome.